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  2.                                           BOTSWANA   
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  13.         OFFICIAL NAME:Republic of Botswana.
  14.         LOCATION:Southern Africa, north of South Africa.
  15.         LAT/LONG:22S/24E
  16.         CONTINENT:Africa.
  17.         ZONES-ITU:57  CQ:38
  18.         TIME:+2 Hrs.
  19.         AREA:231,803 Sq.M.  600,370 Sq.Km.
  20.         POPULATION:1,149,141  DENSITY:4.96/Sq.M.  (1.91/Sq.Km)  AAGR:3.48%
  21.         Life Expectancy:63.5
  22.         LITERACY RATE:about 24% in English, 35% in Tswana.
  23.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:parliamentary republic, independent member of 
  24.         Commonwealth of Nations.
  25.         CAPITAL:Gaborone.
  26.         LANGUAGES:English is official; Setswana.
  27.         RELIGIONS:50% indigenous beliefs, 50% Christian.
  28.         CURRENCY:pula.
  29.         GDP:$905 million  ($880 per capita) (1983/84).
  30.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:livestock processing; mining of diamonds, copper, 
  31.         nickel, coal, salt, soda ash, potash; tourism.
  32.         AGRICULTURE:principal crops-corn, sorghum, millet, cowpeas; livestock 
  33.         raised and exported; heavy dependency on imported food.
  34.         EXPORTS:diamonds, cattle, animal products, copper, nickel.  
  35.         ($653 million).
  36.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:17,900 telephones; 3 AM, 2 FM, and 2 TV stations; 
  37.         1 Indian Ocean satellite ground station.
  38.         COMMERCIAL POWER:220/380V; 50Hz.
  39.         NATIONAL HOLIDAY:30 September (Independence Day).
  40.         MISC:Botswana is a landlocked nation that is mostly desert, only about 
  41.         2% of its land is arable. Member of UN since 1966. Member of 
  42.         Commonwealth of Nations. 
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  44.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:no  ROA:yes)
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